Don't Tell Mom Noah Novels & Stories

The second they paused to catch their breath, I yanked the door open and bolted out. "You still have the guts to come out? How dare you throw such a tantrum? I'll teach you a lesson." Mom stood at the front. With the group of relatives backing her up, she seemed confidently smug. "Exactly. Do you know how hard your mother worked to raise you? Hurry up, kneel and apologize. You're her daughter. Why can't you just talk things out properly?" I ignored everything they said. Instead, I looked at Ben. "Go into that room. There's a brand-new game console in there."

"Xavier, even if you don't want to do it, you don't have to take it out on the food. Mom worked so hard making this for you." I shouted right at him. "Stop pretending! Get out of my—" Before I could finish, a loud slap landed across my face. My mom glared at me. "You don't get to throw your weight around in this house. Apologize to your brother. Now." Kaden's eyes flashed with satisfaction, though his face still looked wounded. "Mom, if he really doesn't want to, forget it. I just won't get married." My mom immediately cut him off. "Don't be ridiculous. You're my son. Of course, you're getting married. I'm waiting for grandkids."

“Send her home. Let’s have one day together. It might be the last one.” When he didn’t answer, her voice started to shake. “Please? Just take it as my last request.” Daddy shrugged, his tone hard. “Don’t try to bargain with me. Did you forget? I already bought out your right to say no.” “What?” He stared at her. “Regretting it? Too late. You made your choice, so live with it.” Mommy swayed and slowly closed her eyes. When she opened them again, she had steadied herself.

Mom clutched the sketchbook tightly and broke down, sobbing. I tried desperately to hold her, wrapping my transparent arms around her shaking shoulders. Mom, don’t cry. Didn’t I draw really well? I practiced drawing you so many times before putting this one in the book. This one is the prettiest. My voice trembled just like hers, full of helplessness, even though she couldn’t hear me. I whispered my final plea. “Can you grant my last wish?” Mom nodded through her tears as if she had heard my wish.

Kristen’s [POV] I raised my eyebrows. “And why is that?” “He told me I didn’t have a mother,” Noah said. “He said I was weird for not having a mother.” I frowned. “Dan doesn’t know what he’s talking about,” I said immediately. “You’re not weird at all.” “I told him so,” Noah said. “I told him that my mommy was coming back. And you did.” I raised my eyebrows. “Uh… Noah, sweetheart… You know that I’m not your mommy, right?”

The next morning, Felix came out of his room humming a tune, practically skipping. When he saw Caden and me sitting at the dining table, he chirped sweetly, "Good morning, Mommy and Daddy!" Then he looked at me expectantly. "Mommy, did you put on makeup today?" I ignored him and kept eating slowly. Caden set down his fork and looked at Felix with a blank expression. "Felix, come here." Felix sensed something was off, and the smile froze on his face as he shuffled over cautiously. "Daddy…"

No one noticed Mom leaving except me. She went first to find Billy the Bully. "Hey, Billy. Come over here. You hit Willow before, didn't you? I'm here to reward you!" Billy the Bully lit up at that and ran over without hesitation. The next second, the knife was lodged straight into his chest. Blood splattered across Mom's face. "Billy!" Mama Bully screamed, rushing toward them. "You crazy bitch! I'm going to kill you!"

Noah was a smart child so he immediately understood what Armstrong had said. "Noah, you don't need to ask why. But if you want your Mom, me, your grandmother and your uncle to be fine, then you Can't tell anyone that Pretty Lady is your biological mother, only our family knows okay?" Ryan stared at Noah with deep eyes and warned him. Noah looked at him with his big bright eyes. He bit his lips and thought for a while. Then he finally nodded and said, "Okay, grandpa I understand. I want everyone to be well and won't tell anyone "

Noah turned and bolted toward their mom's room. Ferdinand grabbed him by the collar. "Your mom just got home. She's exhausted from work. Go play quietly on your own." Noah bit his lip, glared at the little shadow trailing him, then stormed off to his room without another word. Nora peeked through the door crack, watching him for a while. He didn't make a sound. "What are you doing just standing there?" Noah suddenly opened the door, staring at her. When she didn't answer, he started to close it again.

**** Back in New York Noah stormed into the office in anger. "What the hell, Mother?" he shouted, slamming the door behind him. "Did I ask you to announce my engagement to the Keynes family? What were you thinking?" His mother, seated calmly across from him, didn't flinch. "What was I thinking? What were you thinking, cutting it off in the first place, huh?" she retorted, her eyes narrowing. "For Pete's sake, Mother, I told you there was someone I was planning to introduce to you, didn't I?"